title: An evaluation of operator preference of diamond burs in coronal tooth preparation.
abstract: Three postgraduate prosthodontic students served as clinicians/evaluators in a study rating their preferences for three different diamond cutting instruments from three manufacturers. Each evaluator prepared the axial walls of complete veneer crowns on extracted molar teeth and then ranked their preference of the instruments. To prepare nine teeth, each of the three instruments was used in random order and without knowledge of the specific manufacturer. The methodology for analyzing the evaluators' preferences and the results are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Adult Restorative Dentistry Department, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry, Lincoln, USA.
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Bowley
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Sheridan
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003754:Dental High-Speed Equipment; D003762:Dental Instruments / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018130:Diamond; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D013335:Students, Dental; D019246:Tooth Preparation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
chemical_list: D018130:Diamond